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Cary Grant is generally considered the best screen actor of all time. But he was nominated just twice in his long career, and he never won. Oscar nominators saluted him for the dramas "Penny Serenade" and "None But the Lonely Heart." Those are hardly the best-remembered titles in a career that includes the classics "Bringing Up Baby" (a flop in 1938), "The Philadelphia Story" (James Stewart won best actor), "His Girl Friday," "Notorious" and "North by Northwest." Grant made acting look effortless and subtle. The academy prefers a showier variety of acting exemplified by Meryl Streep, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jack...

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Cary Grant is generally considered the best screen actor of all time. But he was nominated just twice in his long career, and he never won.
Oscar nominators saluted him for the dramas "Penny Serenade" and "None But the Lonely...

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